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The lede editorial in Friday’s newspaper rightfully thumps Democrat Rep. Jacky Rosen, who recently announced she will seek Sen. Dean Heller’s seat next year, for embracing the First Amendment-shredding effort to overturn the Citizens United Supreme Court ruling that said corporations and unions have free speech rights. The editorial noted that this week Rosen was endorsed by the End Citizens United group and she responded by saying, “I’m grateful to End Citizens United for their[…]

Las Vegas is the Bling Lifestyle capital of the world and even balloons become larger than life here. This fourth annual Bling Bling Balloon Jam Convention was lovingly founded by Steve Klein of Boston, Massachusetts, where he is regularly booked as Mr. Balloon Wizard. Roger Godin of Las Vegas, who is an entertainer-balloonist, is also a master technician, and is this convention’s stalwart annual technical director. Holding down the house, and thousands of pieces of[…]

Glitz, giggles and hugs filled the standing-room-only Fourth Annual Vegas Valley Theatre Awards at “The Space” last Tuesday. The awards, known as the “Valleys” are becoming a local “Tony,” if you will. Created a few years ago by Jacob Coakley (who has moved to Berkeley) it is now run by Sarah O’ Connell, Ralph Stalter, Jr. and a host of volunteers and community theater adjudicators with eatmoreartvegas.com. Snappy entertainment from award contestants was thoughtfully interspersed[…]

There is a handful of Journalists in Las Vegas that are trusted and count with the respect of their readers — and of course, the person I call first lady of our television, Nancy Burns. Jane Ann Morrison, Bob Stoldal, and John L Smith, to name a few, are writers I like to read; and even if I don’t always agree with them, I respect their opinions. When any of them write about a subject that I am passionate[…]

Three important words — loyalty, honor and truth — by all standards in Las Vegas should be stricken from the English language and never used in this community again, or at least until positive changes occur. Cheat a friend, no problem; Las Vegas will show you how to do it, and still come out smelling like a rose. Serve your community as a public servant; Las Vegas will show you how to line your own pockets and scam the taxpayer[…]

A Carson City judge has thrown out a lawsuit brought by the Nevada Policy Research Institute in an effort to force compliance with the Separation of Powers Clause of the Nevada Constitution. In order to establish standing as a party, NPRI sued state Sen. Heidi Gansert on behalf of a client, Doug French, who wanted to seek her job as executive director of external relations at the University of Nevada, Reno. Article 3 of the Nevada Constitution states: “The powers[…]

President Trump’s Attorney General Jeff Sessions has a reputation as alaw-and-order guy, but the plan he announced this past week to step up civil asset forfeiture efforts skirts the law and jeopardizes order. The plan is to reverse an Obama administration policy that restricted how often federal agencies would accept property — cash, vehicles, homes, airplanes — seized by local police agencies under suspicion it was used to perpetrate a crime such as drug dealing. That seized property is sold[…]

Top-notch entertainers are touring through nearly all 25 branches of Clark County Library District through July 31 in support of Club Read, a free program for all ages, encouraging reading. Rural communities are getting a rare chance to enjoy nationally recognized performing artists in song, dance, puppetry, magic and other disciplines. Sandy Valley (Clark County’s southernmost location over the Columbia Mountain Pass 60 miles from Las Vegas) welcomed the first of three sponsored performances slated[…]

By Lydia Wheeler The Hill The Trump administration is readying for a crackdown on marijuana users under Attorney General Jeff Sessions. President Trump’s Task Force on Crime Reduction and Public Safety, led by Sessions, is expected to release a report next week that criminal justice reform advocates fear will link marijuana to violent crime and recommend tougher sentences for those caught growing, selling and smoking the plant. Sessions sent a memo in April updating the U.S. Attorney’s Offices and Department of Justice[…]

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